GUILLAUME, Alfred.: Prophecy and Divination Among the Hebrews and Other Semites. (The Bampton Lectures,1938). , London:Hodder and Stoughton,1938.

1st ed. 8 Lectures: 1.The Sumero-Babylonian Religion.(Sumerian influence, transmission of legacy, magical conceptions,Psalm similarities between Sumero-Accadian and Hebrew, divination and prophecy). 2.The Hebraeo-Arabian Religion.(Nomad, Hebrews, Moses). 3.Divination Prophecy.(Prediction,second sight,Arabian,Hebrew). 4.Divination Prophecy. (Schism,objects of vision,decline and fall,chance utterances,Acted Signs, New Testament, significance of the insignificance). 5.Dreams and Visions. (Jewish views -Maimonides,Arabian views - Ibn Khaldun, scripture,modern attitudes towards). 6.Magic and Sorcery (Magic to religion, poetry,hebrew, anti-magical psalms). 7.Ecstasy. (Meaning, phenomenon,dervish ecstatics in Israel and Islam, music - Algazel, rabbis,Psalms). 8.Personal Religion. (Positive divine revelation, false prophecy. (+ Conclusion,Summary and Appendices). Pp.18/434, toning to endpapers. Maroon cloth, title to spine dulled. G+. (Book ref. 9356)  £20.00

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